Frederick mertens



@uitrit gisten stwt @frn lIMPROVED MODE OF BRAGING AND STAYINGSOATS.

tlge rlghule nitriet tu im tigtst rttms zitmt mit limiting gint nf tlge simu.

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'I O ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNE Be it known that I, FREDERICK MERTENS, of Cumberland, Allegheny county, State of Maryland, have invented an Improved Mode of Bracing and Staying Boats and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact descriptonthcreof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making n. part of this specification,

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of the braces in combination with adjustable tighteningrods for bracing and staying the sides of a boat, and tightening them through the cross-ties.

A represents the one side of a boat, with its gunwnleB and keelson C. D D are the ribs extending from the keclson C to 'the gunwalc B. E is o, long brace of timber to which the ribs D are bolted or pinned. F F are two long braces inclining from the ends of brace E to the centre, also staying the ribs D and side of the boat. Cv Cr are erss-ties that extend-across the boat. H H are the tigl1tening-rods, adjusted and' tightened by n clut'ch or link, J, opel-fitting on the screw ends of the rods, the other ends of the rods being .firmly fastened to keelson C below. 'Ihymdsl nlsopass through the cross-ties G G, so as to tie them and keep them firmly braced to the keelson.

What I claim as my invention, and desire .to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

'l'he arrangement of the braces E and F, and the cross-ties G, when constructed and combined with the tightening-rods H, as herein described and for the purpose set forth.

` F. MERTENS.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKMN REIGART, J. D. McEvor. 

